GENOCIDE: THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY. THE JURISPRUDENCE OF DEATH AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Traces the international legal response to global genocide during the 20th century. Development of the concept of genocide; Doctrine's application and refinement in post-World War II war crimes trials; Evolution of the law of genocide in the trial of Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann, Vietnam War and in the decisions of the Yugoslav and Rwandan war crimes tribunals and International Court of Justice.

Reports that the world is building a framework to support the prosecution of all war crimes. Comments from Diane F. Orentlicher of the War Crimes Research Office at the Washington College of Law at American University; Estimated number of victims of mass killings during the 20th century; Reason...

Discusses why international justice is for losers. System is needed to punish crimes such as massacres without first having to win a war against the human rights violators; United Nations trying to set up a war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; The Army, the Navy and the CIA performed...

The article focuses on the challenges facing the International Criminal Court's Preparatory Commission. The first session of the Preparatory Commission for the ICC (PrepCom), which met in February 1999, was successful. However, the U.S. government has been critical of the Rome Treaty and the ICC...

The article presents a comparative study of developments in securing the criminally accused with access to legal representation in Asia as of 2011. It focuses on examples in six nations that have sought to improve the local criminal justice system, including China and the Philippines. It offers...

Focuses on an article entitled 'Neutrality vs. Objectivity,' which was published in the 1995 issue of Freedom Forum's 'Media Studies Journal.' Concerns of news organizations in relation to testifying about crimes of genocide; List of brave war correspondents; Information on the journalists who...

Presents an historical overview of the Nuremberg trials. How the trials that began in 1945, after World War II, were to have a major impact on international law as it pertains to war crimes;Establishment of the Permanent International Criminal Court, whose job is to uphold international law...

Presents an historical overview of the Nuremberg trials. How Nuremberg marked the first time that a trial was to be conducted on an international level; Agreement by the Allied powers to conduct the trials on a system similar to that used in the U.S.; Why Nuremberg was chosen as the location for...

Presents an historical overview on the Nuremberg Trials. How it was determined that "after the fact" defense would not be allowed at the Nuremberg trials; Argument that the Allied powers were also guilty of committing war crimes; Why the trials also overlooked the fact that the Soviet Union had...